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Old 06-12-2017, 03:06 PM   #211
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I wouldn't say it happened to me all the time, but it happened enough that I'm glad they let us disable it. This way everyone wins, those who like the feature and didn't have issues with it, and those who don't like the swipe feature or who did have issues with it.

The feature was only marginally useful for me since I keep the light at around 5% for most of the time. In terms of how often it happened to me, I would say maybe three times in a month of reading, but those three times were often at night when I was reading before I went to sleep, making it more frustrating than if it happened during the day when I had decent ambient light.

I'm surprised there's such attention spent on the adding of an option to disable something. It doesn't alter how anyone -has- to use their device, rather lets us use it how we want.

I'm waiting for the day Kobo adds an option to enable fullscreen and nightmode to the actual UI. I may be dreaming of that ever happening, but it's a possibility.
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By the way, this is the WRONG thread for the 4.4 home screen.

This is the thread you want. So anyone who voted or posted comments about the 4.4 firmware, please do so again in the correct thread.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=286476
It looked right and was what google found
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Old 06-12-2017, 03:11 PM   #213
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I'm surprised there's such attention spent on the adding of an option to disable something. It doesn't alter how anyone -has- to use their device, rather lets us use it how we want.
Exactly, totally positive. The big issue is the stupid homescreen and loss of number annotations on a book on it.
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Old 06-12-2017, 03:13 PM   #214
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It looked right and was what google found
Jon is just being a bit pedantic, the version of the new homescreen represented in this post, and the one he linked to are incredibly similar. The differences aren't things you mention as issues for you.
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Old 06-12-2017, 03:25 PM   #215
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My screen (enabled screenshots as I have a sleep cover)
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The previous home screen had very many small icon and was just an ordered list in order of last usage of everything accessed.
A longer press removed any item from list.
FAR more useful, even though the newer home screen may look prettier. I'd used Calibre to remove all unwanted cruft.
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Old 06-12-2017, 03:31 PM   #216
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Exactly, totally positive. The big issue is the stupid homescreen and loss of number annotations on a book on it.
You can still access that, though you need to long press on a book. I know it's not ideal for you, but it's still there.

I disagree with you about physical buttons, from your other post, I dislike them. They were prone to break on the First Generation Nook, and on any device I've used since that one they've just felt clunky. I've been adjusting how I go forward/backward and while I do still swipe from time to time more often than not I just tap.

I've not had the highlighting issues and word lookup issues you mention when I'm using the current firmware, though I'd agree it's certainly been an issue.
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Old 06-12-2017, 03:34 PM   #217
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My screen (enabled screenshots as I have a sleep cover)
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The previous home screen had very many small icon and was just an ordered list in order of last usage of everything accessed.
A longer press removed any item from list.
FAR more useful, even though the newer home screen may look prettier. I'd used Calibre to remove all unwanted cruft.
yeah, Kobo rolled out this home screen slowly, the first iteration was sent to randomly selected users. I think the only real differences from how it looks is that there's less advertising on the current one. There were other features added, but they are not visible from the home screen.
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You can still access that, though you need to long press on a book. I know it's not ideal for you, but it's still there.
I tried that. I can ACCESS annotations. I can't find anywhere that says how many there are.

Nook must have been using 2c buttons or something. I worked in Electronic design, 35c in bulk buys a pair of buttons that won't break.
It's like PC mice. Some only last months, too cheap buttons. Other models last practically for ever.

However OPTION for two areas in footer for back/forward would be fine. I know people with pre-touch kindles and I have a Kindle DXG (no touch). Pretty cheap nasty buttons (terrible keyboard) but all still working.

Taking ALL the buttons off gadgets is purely to save money.

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Doesn't matter what Google found. It's wrong.
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My screen (enabled screenshots as I have a sleep cover)
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The previous home screen had very many small icon and was just an ordered list in order of last usage of everything accessed.
A longer press removed any item from list.
FAR more useful, even though the newer home screen may look prettier. I'd used Calibre to remove all unwanted cruft.
offtopic: how do you enable screenshots?
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enable viewing hidden files if host is Linux
in .kobo folder there is a kobo folder
in it a file "Kobo eReader.conf" (without quotes)

Make a backup
Find FeatureSettings and add Screenshots. Having a sleep cover still works, the power button now does screenshots.
If you don't have a sleep cover (it uses a small disk magnet near bottom right of screen to enable sleep), then later disable the setting

[FeatureSettings]
Screenshots=true
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My Kobo Wifi had 5 way switch with cover that that developed cracks and eventually fell off. This switch cover also degraded 5 way switch requiring more effort to operate switch. Kobo Touch reader with IR page turns was such a fantastic improvement I gave away my 2 Kobo Wifi readers.
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hi, how can i set old home screen on my Kobo Aura 6"?
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hi, how can i set old home screen on my Kobo Aura 6"?
Depending on the firmware version, the answer is you won't be able to. As far as I recall, the last version of firmware that allowed enabling the old home screen was 4.3.9084.
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The old one just because I found it more aesthetically pleasing. Symmetry is boring.
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